[Dovecot] IMAP issues?

[J Moore]

On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 01:15:18PM +1000, the unit calling itself Curtis Maloney wrote:
> J Moore wrote:
> >I've probably done something dumb, but a quick search on Google, etc has 
> >turned up nothing I recognized as useful. I just installed dovecot on an 
> >OpenBSD 3.9 box. It is working fine with secure POP3 (after changing the 
> >config file to "mbox_write_locks = fcntl"). 
> >
> 
> Which version of Dovecot?
> 
> >I also selected secure IMAP as a protocol, but it is proving to be more 
> >resistant to working. I am trying to connect to dovecot using Outlook as 
> >a client (sigh). Outlook's error messages are to the effect that it is 
> >unable to connect to the server. Looking in /var/log/maillog indicates 
> >that a connection was not even attempted!
> 
> Can you telnet to port 993?
> Does netstat -a show it as listening?
> Can you see the imap listener tasks in the process list?
> 
> Have you tried turning on the verbose logging?
> 
> Just the questions that come immediately to mind...

Oh good grief... I'm embarassed to admit that my packet filter/firewall 
(pf) was mis-configured! The connections on 993 were blocked - that's 
why there were no maillog entries.

Sorry for the trouble, but thanks for your reply  :)

Best Rgds,
Jay